Replacement Chesterfield Borough Local Plan

Replacement Chesterfield Borough Local Plan for Adoption June 2006 March 2005 version with 2006 Inspector’s amendments and other consequential amendments highlighted New Text shown Thus Text deleted shown Thus i Replacement Chesterfield Borough Local Plan Text Recommended for Adoption, Full Council 7th June 2006 CONTENTS [Page numbering relates to Text Recommended for Adoption, Full Council 7th June 2006] SECTION HEADING PAGE FOREWORD III 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1 2.0 GENERAL STRATEGY 5 3.0 HOUSING 17 4.0 EMPLOYMENT, ECONOMIC REGENERATION AND TOURISM 35 5.0 ENVIRONMENT 55 6.0 TRANSPORT 93 7.0 SHOPPING, TOWN CENTRES AND DISTRICT AND LOCAL CENTRES 111 8.0 PARKS, OPEN SPACE, SPORT AND RECREATION 129 9.0 COMMUNITY, HEALTH AND EDUCATION FACILITIES 140 APPENDIX A LANDSCAPE CHARACTER MAP OF CHESTERFIELD 147 APPENDIX B PARKING STANDARDS 147 APPENDIX C SUSTAINABILITY APPRAISAL 151 ii Replacement Chesterfield Borough Local Plan Text Recommended for Adoption, Full Council 7th June 2006 FOREWORD Lead Member for Planning and Asset Management June 2006 NEW FOREWORD TO BE DRAFTED iii Replacement Chesterfield Borough Local Plan Text Recommended for Adoption, Full Council 7th June 2006 1.0 INTRODUCTION The Borough of Chesterfield 1.1 Chesterfield is the largest town in the administrative county of Derbyshire. It The borough of Chesterfield is the smallest district in Derbyshire by area , being a relatively compact, predominantly urban area. It includes the settlements of Chesterfield, Brimington and Staveley which together had a population of just under 99,000 at the 2001 Census. 1.2 The town centre of Chesterfield is a sub-regional shopping and service centre for the whole of north eastern Derbyshire. It has excellent rail services to London and other regions and the M1 motorway runs adjacent to the borough’s eastern boundary with road links via the A617 and A619 to junctions 29 and 30. 1.3 Chesterfield lies on the River Rother and its tributaries which flow from south to north through the borough. The environs of these rivers and the Chesterfield Canal which runs parallel to the Rother for much of its length within the borough, offer major opportunities for further improvement. The urban areas of the borough are defined by “green wedges” of open countryside which help to retain the separate identity of communities. Chesterfield is also contained to the north, west and south by the North East Derbyshire Green Belt. 1.4 The borough is part of the North Derbyshire/North Nottinghamshire coalfield area which has been subject to major industrial structural change resulting from the closure of deep mines and the decline in heavy engineering industries both in the borough and the surrounding districts of Bolsover and North East Derbyshire. 1.5 Unemployment levels have been falling steadily in the last five years, but still remain the second highest in Derbyshire. The council has been investing in the restructuring of the town’s economy in order to attract new manufacturing industries and service based businesses. It is committed to working in partnership with the private sector and local and regional organisations to promote the regeneration of former industrial areas which lie derelict. 1.6 This will enable the borough to meet both its future housing and employment needs from the redevelopment of brownfield land within the urban area, thereby avoiding any further peripheral expansion of settlements on to greenfield land. 1.7 There remain significant concentrations of social and economic deprivation in parts of the borough, which the council is committed to tackling. 1 Replacement Chesterfield Borough Local Plan Text Recommended for Adoption, Full Council 7th June 2006 The Local Plan Process and the Plan Period 1.8 The council is required by law to prepare and keep up to date a local plan for its administrative area. The purpose of the local plan is to set out the council’s local planning policies and specific proposals for the development and use of land, in order to guide decisions on planning applications. 1.9 This plan is a replacement for the current adopted local plan for Chesterfield borough. The current local plan is the Chesterfield Borough Local Plan which was adopted in February 1996, and cover sed the period up to 2001 and . It was prepared within the context of the Derbyshire Structure Plan (1990). Since then A new structure plan has been approved , the Joint Derby and Derbyshire Structure Plan (JSP), was adopted in January 2001, which covers the period up to 2011. It is was necessary to review and replace the existing 1996 local plan in order to provide up to date policies and proposals which conform with the strategic policies of the JSP. 1.10 It is also necessary that the local plan policies and proposals accord with national and regional planning policy guidance. National planning guidance in Planning Policy Guidance notes (PPGs) and Planning Policy Statements (PPSs) gives priority to achieving sustainable forms of development and thereby improving the quality of life for all sections of the community. Recent ministerial guidance also states that local plans should make provision for a 10 year supply of housing land from the date of adoption, Given that this plan review will not be adopted until 2006, this which suggests that housing provision should be made in this plan for the period up to 2016. 1.11 In terms of regional planning policy, the current Regional Planning Guidance Spatial Strategy for the East Midlands ( RPG8 RSS8 ) was approved in January 2002 March 2005 and covers the period up to 2021. This now sets the strategic context for the borough beyond the JSP period and regard has been had to its proposals in preparing this revised version of the replacement local plan. RPG8 RSS8 promotes a sequential approach to the selection of land for development, prioritising the use of previously developed sites and buildings within urban areas, particularly where they are, or will be, well served by public transport and can make a contribution to strengthening local communities. It also proposes the Northern Sub-Area as a priority area for regeneration with its concentration of economic, social and environmental problems linked to the decline of the coal industry in the North Derbyshire/North Nottinghamshire coalfield area. as a priority area for regeneration initiatives by relevant agencies and organisations and It requires that housing development should be located development plans should include proposals to assist the regeneration of these areas. 2 Replacement Chesterfield Borough Local Plan Text Recommended for Adoption, Full Council 7th June 2006 1.11A Therefore, to clarify, in the light of the likely adoption date of this local plan, the need to plan for a 10 year supply of housing and the changing strategic planning context, which under RPG8 RSS8 now provides guidance up to 2021, the decision has been taken to roll forward extend the plan period to 2016. 1.12 The local plan has also been prepared within the context of the overall strategy and vision for Chesterfield as set out in the Community Strategy for Chesterfield and North East Derbyshire, which the borough council supports. The local plan accords with other detailed policies and strategies of the borough council such as the Housing Strategy, Economic Development Strategy and Parks and Open Spaces Strategy. Regard has also been paid to the Derbyshire Local Transport Plan. 1.12a This replacement plan was first placed on deposit for public consultation in October 2003. The council received a number of representations. In the light of these and other changes to proposals and government planning guidance in the last year , the plan has been revised further, including the roll forward of the plan period to 2016. 1.12b Since After the plan first went on deposit, the Government’s proposals for the reform of the development plans system have also been were enacted. The relevant provisions of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 commenced on 28 th September 2004. This provides that Structure Plans will be replaced by the Regional Spatial Strategy and Local Plans by Local Development Frameworks. However, under the transitional arrangements the current adopted JSP and Chesterfield Borough Local Plan will be ‘saved’ for a period of 3 years from the commencement of the Act, whilst their replacements are being prepared. 1.12c Under the provisions of the new act, new or replacement local plans which are were still under preparation and have already had reached first deposit stage when the Act came into force could can be progressed through to adoption, but under slightly amended transitional procedures. This applies to this replacement of the Chesterfield Borough Local Plan. The transitional procedures state that the entire plan, including any changes proposed by the council, must be re- deposited to allow for objections to be made on the basis that there will be no modifications stage following the local plan public inquiry. 1.12d Therefore, to clarify, this the revised version of the replacement Chesterfield Borough Local Plan is being was re-deposited in its entirety in March 2005 and representations are were invited on the whole plan , not just on those parts which have been revised . However, to make clear what has changed from the first deposit version, changes are highlighted with new text shaded in grey and deleted text struck through. Where representations are outstanding from the first deposit stage (i.e. they have not been addres sed by the changes) they do not need to be re -submitted but will go forward to be considered by the 3 Replacement Chesterfield Borough Local Plan Text Recommended for Adoption, Full Council 7th June 2006 inspector for the public inquiry, unless resolved before then.

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